25.6% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Thornlands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Thornlands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a quarter of people in Thornlands were born overseas, making it much more diverse in origin than most similar areas. This mix of backgrounds is reflected in the community's roots, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 44.9%, followed by Australian at 35.8% and Scottish at 12.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.6% of residents were born overseas, which is a little above the Queensland figure. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are England at 7.3% and New Zealand at 5.1%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Thornlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32815/thornlands/topic/ancestry-heritage